Improved butter-tongs



' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE..

J. S. CLARK, OF AUBURN, MASSACHUSETTS.

4l MPROVED BUTTER-TONGS.

Specification` forming part of Letters Patent No. 56,904, dated August 7, 1866.

To alt whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J ..S. CLARK, of Auburn, in the county of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have inventedcertaln new and useful Improvements in Butter -[ongs;` and, I do` hereby declare that the following is a fuii, clear, and exact description of the same, reference heilig had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specitication, in which- Figure l represents a perspective view of improved butter-tongs, and Fig. 2 repre .mais an edge view of the pads, which are shown in two dili'erent positions, one in black and theother in redlines.

To enable those skilled in the art to which Y myinvention belongs to make and..use the same, I will proceed to` describe it.

In the drawings, A A represent the handles, which resem blethe corresponding parts of a common pair ofshears. The parts A A are pivoted together at (t, Their lower ends then turn at nearly right angles, as seen at B B, and extend a short distance, when they turn again, as seenat C G. The inside of theparts marked B and (lV are attenedwto receive the thin metal plates or pads D D, which are fastened to the inside of the pointed ends C, which incline in a little when the handles A are closed, as shown in black lines in the drawings.

The pads or plates D are struck up, as seen at c, which causes slight projections upon the inside of the plates or pads, which are forced into the lumpsof butter when the tongs are used, thus enabling the butter to loe lifted from one place to another without injury or liability to slip. The projections shown in the drawingsare in the form of a cross; but any other design `may be used.

The appearance of the butter after it has been handled with the tongs is the same as be- `fore, with the exception of an additional impression upon the sides. These pads or plates D can be easily inserted between the different lumps of butter, so that any particular lump can be removed from a lot, and that., too, Without injury to its appearance. The points of the pads or plates D might be made to curve in a little for the purpose of holding the butter from slipping; but I prefer to use projections, as above set forth.

With these tongs butter can be easily and quickly handled, even in very warmweather, a convenience which is` of much importance to those dealing in butter.

Having described myilnproved butter-ton gs, what I claim therein as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination ofthe partspnnarked A, B, C, and D, constructed and arranged in relation to each other substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. In` combination with the plates or pads D of the butter-tongs, as described,the indentations `or` ridges c, formed in or upon said plates, as and for the purposes set forth.

J. S. CLARK. 

